Furio Rendine

Born: 1920
Died: 1987
Education: San Pietro a Majeila Conversatory
Career: An Italian composer, lyricist, producer, organizer and conductor.

He was born in Naples, 23 March 1920, died in Rome, 22 February 1987, attended the San Pietro a Majeila Conversatory in his native city where he studied piano and composition with its director; Francesco Cilea, the composer of L'ariesiana. Rendine went on to become one of the most prolific of all twentieth-century composers of Neapolitan songs, with some seven hundred to his credit. Among these the most popular are Malinconico autunno, La Panse and Vurria.